Ingemar Johansson home country was Sweden. Johansson was a European style boxer - primarily a standup fighter - not polished, not flashy - one who often pawed with his left jab; But, "Ingo" had something special - an explosive, dynamite right hand punch; With that awesome, blockbuster weapon, he won the Heavyweight Championship of Scandinavia, the Heavyweight Championship of Europe and the Heavyweight Championship of the World.

On the negative side, Johansson did not like to train, relying on his tremendous punching power to see him through; His "thunder and lightning" bombs carried him to the upper echelon of the Heavyweight Division, but once competing on this level, conditioning became a strong factor in his success; Had he been more serious about this aspect, no telling just how good he might have become.

Ingemar is best known for his exciting three bout series with Floyd Patterson; During his career, he defeated such men as Patterson, Eddie Machen, Franco Cavicchi, Joe Bygraves, Joe Erskine, Heinz Neuhaus, Hein Ten Hoff, Werner Wiegand, Peter Bates, Wim Snoek, Dick Richardson and Brian London

Johansson was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1988 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2002.

BORN September 22 1932; Goteborg, Sweden
HEIGHT 6-0 1/2
WEIGHT 193 1/4-206 1/2 lbs
RECORD 26-2-0 (17 KO)

Has anyone seen any movies he played in?

The topic was Fighter Profiles. Ingo was just a fighter I wanted to profile.
He wasn't a moviestar, but he beat Floyd Patterson and sparred with Muhammad Ali. I think that was pretty cool.